QCM : Understanding Cultural Economics and Creative Industries — 9 questions

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The dominance of a few artworks or stars in the art market is primarily caused by market concentration phenomena, such as the star system, where a small number of products or artists capture most of the market share, reinforcing their success and visibility.

Explication

Feedback loops refer to the cyclical process where success in one media reinforces success in others, forming a feedback cycle. Franchise expansion is the broader strategy of growing a franchise through additional products and media, which benefits from these feedback loops. They are related but distinct concepts: feedback loops are the mechanism, while franchise expansion is the outcome.

Explication

Baumol & Bowen's Cost Disease was first introduced in 1966, making it a foundational concept in understanding the economic challenges and market dynamics of cultural sectors. The other dates correspond to other important developments or policies but are not the original establishment of this concept.

Explication

Roger de Piles, in 1708, proposed specific criteria for evaluating artistic quality, including composition, color, drawing, and expression, making him the correct attribution for the development of systematic art evaluation standards.

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Roger de Piles proposed that artistic quality can be evaluated based on composition, color, drawing, and expression. These criteria form a systematic approach to assessing artworks’ merit, making them key features of quality assessment.

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The primary purpose of creative industries is to generate economic value through creativity, knowledge, and innovation, which contributes to economic growth, regional development, and technological progress, as supported by the content referencing UNCTAD, OECD, and Howkins.

Explication

Baumol & Bowen (1966) are credited with introducing the 'Cost Disease' concept, which explains rising costs in cultural sectors due to productivity differences. The other options include authors and organizations relevant to cultural economics but not associated with this specific concept.

Explication

The UNESCO (1982) definition of culture emphasizes it as the set of shared features—including arts, values, beliefs, and traditions—that characterize a society, focusing on social and humanistic aspects rather than solely economic or artistic elements.

Explication

Conventions and norms act as shared standards within the artworld, guiding collective judgments about what constitutes quality and legitimacy in artworks. They are not merely informal rules artists can ignore, nor are they strict legal regulations or solely individual preferences. Instead, they form the basis for social consensus on artistic value.